naumachia Meaning and Definition
1. n. a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans
The naumachia (in Latin naumachia, from the Ancient Greek ναυμαχία/naumachía, literally "naval combat") in the Ancient Roman word referred to both the staging of naval battles as mass entertainment and the basin (or more broadly, the complex) in which this took place.
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